Someone nudged Chang Danran, and she looked up: âWhat?â
âThe patient in bed 19, isnât his daughter named Ye Xingguang? Iâve seen her once in the nephrology department and she looks a bit like the girl in the photos. Sheâs the same girl from the wildfire incident, right? The Koi Girl?â
âWhat wildfire? Koi Girl?â
Chang Danran didnât use Weibo or pay much attention to such gossip. Her shift work kept her so busy that she barely managed. When she returned home each day, she took care of her son, barely having the energy to sleep.
âYou donât know about this? Do you actually live in the city or someplace deep in the mountains without wifi? I heard that several nephrology experts from the capital have been invited by the dean for a meal. Sheâs truly favored. Why couldnât my local match be this good? My husband is a workaholic who lacks any romantic charm. He was working even on Qixi Night. Unlike that Miss Yeâs partner, who was flaunting their happiness on Weibo on Qixi night and is now the number one trending topic.â
âWell, as they say, some people just have it better than others. That patient in bed 19 had already received a critical condition notice before. The experts all said there was no hope. However, I saw her super-rich partner comforting her in the corridor. It was late at night and I happened to be working the graveyard shift. Everyone could see how deep his love for her was.â
Hearing her colleaguesâ discussions, Chang Danran lost her appetite even more.
As anyone would, she assumed the patientâs billionaire partner mentioned by her colleagues was Xia Ye Zhao.
âYou guys continue. Iâm full.â Chang Danran didnât want to hear any more.
âYou just ate a few bites. Are you full already? Are you on a diet? Does Doctor Bo think youâre too fat?â
Chang Danran smiled: âMy son thinks Iâm too fat.â
With that, she left.
After leaving the hospital cafeteria, she walked aimlessly in the rain, holding an umbrella, thinking only of her sweet memories with Xia Ye Zhao.
She didnât think that after five years, all she could remember were the good times. The clearer her memories, the more her heart ached.
â¦
At that moment,
Ye Xingguang suddenly arrived. She borrowed a pair of rain boots from the nursesâ station and ran into Xia Ye Zhao as soon as she got downstairs.
Xia Ye Zhao furrowed his brows, âWhere are you going in such heavy rain?â
âIâm going to the store outside to buy something.â Ye Xingguang was about to walk into the rain holding her umbrella.
Xia Ye Zhao stopped her: âWhat do you need to buy? I can get it for you. Just bring the food upstairs.â
Buying other things was fine, but for this particular item, Ye Xingguang couldnât ask him. She insisted on buying it herself.
Xia Ye Zhao couldnât persuade her, so he bent down in front of her: âGet on, Iâll give you a piggyback ride.â
âThatâs not necessary.â She wasnât sure how to handle her brotherâs enthusiasm.
But Xia Ye Zhao didnât give her a chance to refuse. He grabbed her arm and hoisted her onto his back.
âReally, thereâs no need. I can manage. And, Iâm not Xia Qiongqiong.â
âI have my own judgment on that. Otherwise, Iâll remove your shoes now and drop you in the rain to prove it.ân/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Ye Xingguang was instantly scared.
What if her brother, to verify her identity, really threw her into the waterâ¦
As she lay on Xia Ye Zhaoâs back, Ye Xingguang stopped struggling.
Once Xia Ye Zhao felt her settled down, he reassured her: âI wonât toss you into the rain.â
He knew how much his sister hated having people see her tail because it didnât look good. He understood girls liked to look pretty and didnât want to actually scare her.